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4 ways designers can help chief heat officers reduce climate change risks

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4 ways designers can help chief heat officers reduce climate change risks 0 qpurcell Mon, 04/10/2023 - 09:40 Sustainability Eric Corey Freed, Director of Sustainability, CannonDesign, shares how established designers and recently-emerged chief heat officers (CHO) can collaborate on solutions for alleviating climate change risks.

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Design considerations for behavioral health patients

BD+C

Design considerations for behavioral health patients 0 dbarista Wed, 06/14/2023 - 18:30 Healthcare Facilities The surrounding environment plays a huge role in the mental state of the occupants of a space, especially behavioral health patients whose perception of safety can be heightened.

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ANSI B11 and risk assessment: The best kept secret in safety

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national standards dealing with the safety requirements for general industry machines. At the recent ASSE Professional Development Conference, there was considerable focus on risk assessment, voluntary standards and prevention through design. Risk assessment is one of the most powerful safety tools we have.

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Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal Sets New Health and Safety Standards for U.S. Homes

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Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal Sets New Health and Safety Standards for U.S. The legislation will benefit rural areas like Flint, Michigan, where lead poisoning poses a substantial risk to locals without access to safe drinking water, says Forbes. Wed, 11/24/2021 - 13:17.

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Level Up Design and Coordination Workflows with Accessible Reality Capture 

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For starters, you’re dealing with an old structure without CAD files and limited documentation. Needless to say, trying to design, coordinate, and build in and around these conditions is an uphill battle. feel that time constraints and urgency present the greatest risk to decision-making. .

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Skepticism Abounds – It Can’t Happen to Me… or Can it?

FDR Safety

Lastly, this blog does not intend to be the end all, but is designed to mentor by overviewing basic safety program organization and key concepts. You are discussing a near miss and your new boss says what is the big deal, nothing happened! It is meant to be easily digestible by reviewing one to two key points.

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Turnkey JOC Program

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Optimize planning, procurement, and project delivery in terms of quality, compatibility, constructability, cost, risk, and function to meet customer needs. Identify and record good practices and learning in dealing with projects and reapply them in future projects. Program Design, Implementation, Operations, Support, and Management.